Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-16
THE GREAT TRIAL.
The Testimony in tie Celebrated Case
Closed on Both Sides.
Next Comes the Arguments And Then
the Verdict.
Eleventh Day Of the Haddock Trial.

There WAS e large crown present. Inc cAahi'
nation Of witnesses for the defense was con
tinued, the first witness being
!. NJ.
who was sworn: have lived In Sioux City
since August, 1884; at present / air out OF
business; was the proprietor OF the Chicago
saloon on Fourth street, between Douglas
ana Pierce, last August; was three doors
east Of the Shepherd saloon; know
Harry L.. Leavitt; was AT
Holdenreid's hall on the evening
OF August 2; called the meeting; the saloon
keepers were there, | stated what | had 10
say and then went away was there about ten
minutes; called the meeting 10 order and told
them that Matt Gray had told me TO call them
together and tell them that 1t was a shame
that they did not go to the court
house during the whisky trials as
the temperance peo lie and their families
occupied all the benches; ! never heard any
talk at this meeting about doing up Wood,
Walker or any one else; ] saw Leayitt there;
lac came 10 me and said: 81 lived In Leaven-
worth, Kan, aud they can't enforce the law
there, they nave better lawyers; and would 1t
not be best 10 call q meeting OF the saloon
keepers.D We then went and got q buggy
and notified the saloon keepers TO attend the
tie meeting on Tuesday; J uscd TO be In the
saloon business; ] don't know Of any sa-
loon keepers organization IN this city,
nor never knew OF snch an
organization: there was no night for regular
meetings; | don't know whether james Junk
was treasurer or not; be took the money; |
don't think Ade!sheim presided at the meet.
ing of saloon men; saw him there; | was a
witness before the coroner's jury don't
know-whether / told them that Adelsbeim
presided at the meeting or not; don't know
whether | sworc that had been
appointed at the saluon.betper's meeting or
not Fred Munchrath went with me to collect
money can't remember what | swore TO be-
fore the coroner's jury may have said that
Chas. Warlich was secretary and James Junk
treasurer; a meeting wat held over Warlich's
saloon and In Turner bail and | attended
them IL is a fact that Adelsheim was chair
man; don't understand what association
means: the meetings were called to organ Ze
M association; Chas. Warlich wrote on some
paper; Junk took the money and Adelsheim
was IN the chair; the evening OF August
81 there were from twelve To twenty saloon
kceTers III Holdenreid's hall; i merely told
them when j called them TO order that Matt
Gray wanted the saloon-keepers In the court
rsom during the whisky trials.
@. Didn't you tell them that the meeting
wac called to see what should be done with
rhe witnesses A. That is a lie, sir; don't
ak me any such questions; ! aid not tell
them any such thing: don't know whether /
staid at the meeting till IL adjourned
or not; don't know whether went
into Holdenreid's saloon after | left the hall;
think i went right back to the Chicago sa-
leon can't remember whether any one went
away from the hall with me or not; can't
tell whether | went straight to the Chicago or
not, but think ! did; ] did not see any one
presiding at the meeting the evening OF
August 2; ! think the meeting remained in
session only a few Minutes; | think 1t mus
have remained In session one minute; /
have no idea how long IL was In session.
Redirect examination: To the best of my
knowledge there was never oreaniZed a sa.
loon-keepers association; the meetings were
called for that purpose; | never attended any
secret meeting Of saloon men.
IULIU ~LEIBEsToS.
Sworn: Lived at engine houselast August
was not a member OF the fire company; the
epgine house is half block south of Coium
bia house on the west side of Water; | was
IN the engine house, upstairs, the evening OF
August Sd; j occupied the northeast room
the window was on the north side near the
east end. When the shot was fred | was
looking north; | saw the man that fired tho
shot; be was about the center OF Water street
on Fosrth; the man that fred the shot was
n front OF the other, about a foot away; af
ter firing tire shot hg ran north OF
Water street: before firing IL,
shot he anne from the Columbis
hoase corner In the re8r OF Rev. Hadd0ck
could see him run north on water street 81
20 90 IA blaIhSiiliiu Nibp HtdI lit sue
walk.
DISCRIMINATION 10y the state: ! used Il
run a saloon In Leavrnwortb, Kan. | cam,
here "A year ago iast February; ] am workinl
at the Standard thea er; the last time | talked
with the attorneys for the defense was yes
terday In Turner hall; there were present
Kellogg, Argo and some others; 1t was h, re a
Tredway's ofice; ! was In Kellogg's ofic,
about n week ago; | made a written state
ment ard signed IL; Kellogg wrote the state
ment; Kellogg then told me- not TO talk with
the attorneys for the state, and that Us The
reason why / refused to- talk with them abou'
tho es~e; i might have been in Kellogg:
Ollie half a dozen times; Irgledue was In
the room with me when | saw the flash of tn,
revolver; i saw Haddock start across the
street from the corner; j don't know whethei
/ testified before the coroner's jury that
could not see the man hat fred the shot
was over ten feet; don't think ! so testified
(Tbe stenogeapher's notes read that the wit
ness did so testify before the coroncrs's jury
did not see any one near the spot where Had
dock was shot except the man that was sho,
and the man that tired the shot: the man at
Djneen's corner ran south, and so did the
man opposite the livery stable; the man that
fired the shot ran north up Water street.
Redirect Examination: | was before the
c~oner's jury Marsh was present; was not
called before the grand jury; was subpoened
By the state, bat they did not use me.
Re-cross examination: | refused TO talk
with the attorneys for the state.
Redirect examination: The attorneys for
the state tried TO get me to change my tcsii-
mony, aud asked me il I was not mistaken ~
which direction the man ran that did rne
shooting. Taylor saw me and asked me II the
man did not run across the bridge; told him
no.
cHAs. NJ
Sworn | live on West Third street; I am
a sornice-maker; the chop where I work is on
Water street north OF the Columbia house; |
boarded a. the Colunibia house; was there
the night Haddock was killed; / was In the
bar-room the night OF the murder; l heard
the shot fired while l vas playing cards;
was close to the window; Chas. Eberhardt
and others were playing; when / heard the
shot / jumped up and looked out OF
the window; | saw one man
s.aeger and fall and the two men run away :
they both ran north; c-u'd not see them after
they reached the blacksmith shop; the man
that ran north had on a light hat and rubber
coat; am well acquainted with John Arens-
dorf; neither OF the men that ran away was
John Arensdorf: soon after the shot | went
outside and over to where Haddock was shot;
/ staid there till the body was taken away |
was near Dineeh's corner; saw John Arens-
dorf there; he came from tue east along the
south side of Fourth street; IL was about ff-
teen minutes after the shooting; he stopped
there; a large crowd was present; went with
him west as far as the Columbia house; don't